Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [pron] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would have done nothing for her already damaged ego if he had barged his way into her bedroom , only to find himself having to wade through a torrent of tears . |
| 2 | As might have been expected from his career , he outstayed his welcome and had to be forced to retire from the post — a position previously rewarded with a peerage , but which for him only merited a knighthood . |
| 3 | But there was nowhere else for him to go and anyway he had , one night , two years before , made a promise to stay on until his old friend the female golden eagle ‘ went free ’ , which to him really meant until she died . |
| 4 | But I warned my children completely off teaching so none of them even contemplated , well they did contemplate , two of them did but I just told them no , not to countenance it |
| 5 | None of them ever left . |
| 6 | None of them ever knocked on Father Barnes 's door . |
| 7 | That 's a pretty poor example , but none of them ever dared to rag him . |
| 8 | No-one actually said ‘ Piss off ’ to anyone else , or ‘ You 're fired ’ or ‘ You 're hired ’ ; it was more or less a thing where none of us really communicated at all . |
| 9 | Even if we could escape from Ambon with our cargo and wallets intact , none of us much cared to think about what receptions might lie ahead , as we approached the isolation of New Guinea . |
| 10 | None of us spoke of the war , in which ( I think ) none of us much believed ; but it was there all the time like ? nagging pain . |
| 11 | But the expectation would not be driven out … and yet Harrison was a fine man and there was something about his miserably presented directness which made her want to scoop him up . |
| 12 | Laurie Bruce , who was delighted , says he thinks they must have had something of everything ever recorded , from slimming exercises to the finest classical music , and jazz , and some very interesting ‘ 78 's too . |
| 13 | His requirements were crystallized into a list of specific organizational demands , twenty-two in all , each one of them hard fought . |
| 14 | As almost everyone except himself perfectly understood , these fasts were a ruthless exploitation of the power of his own sanctity . |
| 15 | Napoleon III 's ministers had worked hard to bring about the visit — not merely because it was in support of the Emperor 's policy but also , it was hoped , to distract him from his privately announced intention of himself going to the Crimea . |
| 16 | The eel had to be prepared for her journey by staff at the centre who gradually acclimatised her in their newly built quarantine unit . |
| 17 | She wanted to apply it to her newly grown hips and breasts , to pare off , with quick disgusted flicks of her wrist , the fat that clung to her . |
| 18 | By ten-thirty , Beth had cleared away the breakfast things , washed the dishes and stacked them into the big dresser , wiped down the kitchen table , taken the coconut matting from the floor and hung it over the line outside where she beat every speck of dust from it before replacing it over her freshly scrubbed quarry tiles ; all that done she was now enjoying a cup of tea , before setting about the drawing room . |
| 19 | I stood , eyes closed , congratulating myself on my newly found sanctity — then cursed at the sharp knock on the door . |
| 20 | He turned out to be an efficient chairman of the BBC but my first impression was amply confirmed since , although I had frequent dealings with him , he seemed to have absolutely no interest in what to me really mattered . |
| 21 | One early writer , John of Damascus , said : ‘ Had there been anything of me not assumed ( by the Word of God ) it would not have been saved , . |